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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Franco-Flemish composers, Josquin des Prez, Heinrich Isaac, Pierre de La Rue, Orlande de Lassus, Giaches de Wert, Jacques Arcadelt, Adrian Willaert, Loyset Compere, Jacob Obrecht, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Claude Le Jeune, Cornelius Canis, Antoine Brumel, Alexander Agricola, Philippe de Monte, Marbrianus de Orto, Johannes Ciconia, Egardus, Lupus Hellinck, Hubert Waelrant, Jacob Regnart, Benedictus Appenzeller, Gery de Ghersem, Giovanni de Macque, Philippe Rogier, Jacobus Barbireau, Gaspar van Weerbeke, Gilles Joye, Arnold de Lantins, Helmut Lotti, Antonino Barges, Cornelis Verdonck, Dominique Phinot, Jos van Immerseel, Rinaldo del Mel, Johannes Brassart, Jacobus Vaet, Andreas Pevernage, Gilles Binchois, Johannes Pullois, Ludovicus Episcopius, Noel Bauldeweyn, Hayne van Ghizeghem, Nicolas Champion, Thomas Crecquillon, Adrien Basin, Johannes Regis, Jacques Buus, Sigiswald Kuijken, Matthaeus Pipelare, Adrianus Petit Coclico, Paul Van Nevel, Martinus Fabri, Gilles Reingot, Alexander Utendal, Hugo de Lantins, Petrus de Domarto, Jacobus Vide, Jhan Gero, Gerardus Mes, Jacob Senleches, Jean Richafort, Johannes Matelart, Barthold Kuijken, Thomas Fabri, Jan van Wintelroy, Anton Gosswin, Lambert de Sayve, Theodor Evertz, Guilielmus Messaus, Liesje Sadonius. Excerpt: Josquin des Prez (French pronunciation: c. - 27 August 1521), often referred to simply as Josquin, was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He is also known as Josquin Desprez and Latinized as Josquinus Pratensis, alternatively Jodocus Pratensis, although he himself expressed his preferred spelling of his name, Josquin des Prez, in an acrostic in his motet Illibata Dei virgo nutrix. He was the most famous European composer between Guillaume Dufay and Palestrina, and is usually considered to be the central figure of the Franco-Flemish School. Josquin is wid...
